I am 4 days short of my 8-year anniversary, but since I don't come around very often, I figured I'd better go ahead and speak up. I noticed that I have fallen off the first page of the top post count whores.

wow, a lot has happened in that time, and oddly enough I can thank this stupid website for a bunch of that.

Met two of my best friends and my wife through this site, not to mention a bunch of other friends and acquaintances. Most of which i'm still in touch with, many i'm not.

This site and the people on it were instrumental in getting my first bigwall project off the ground, something that i consider a life altering event, not to mention contributing heavily to a bunch of other trips.

I'll admit though... the appeal of climbing as a web forum interest has kind of died off. I just can't think of anything climbing related worth posting about, and maybe i'm finally grown up enough that i don't need to post rad climbing related photos or other spray in order to feel validated.

I spend most of my forum time over on pirate4x4.com, and lately i've been logging back into reefcentral.com for a bit. join date at that site is 12/05/2000!!

from a topical perspective, building a hot rod antique 4x4 just simply has a lot more technical aspects worthy of engaging forum discussion, i can say the same about saltwater aquariums.

climbing, kind of like my other outdoor sports (downhill mountain biking and skiing), appears to work better with a more facebook like interface. "dude, killer pow day at mary jane", my friends 'like' it, but it wouldn't make much of a thread.

Don't know why, but came onto this site for the first time in a few years. Like others, flushed out several years ago from rc.com. Quit climbing for a few years: dogs, fatherhood, getting run over by a car will have that effect on you. Back to bouldering, which is killing my shoulders (I'm old, get off my lawn!). Always considered myself lucky to have been infected by the climbing virus.

Apparently I have been around for more than 8 years. I still remember my first 'job' where I managed to rack up something like 3000 posts in 3 months. Good times. At least I'm climbing again now! Barely read rc.com as, aside from the forums (some of them if you look hard) the content here sucks.